High-water mark
669.0628
career-best overall
92.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 669.0628 at Eureka BBQ Bash — 92.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2015-06-19
GUNNY FINNS BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1496
peak 1506 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2014-06-06
latest 2016-06-03
Best ToY finish
#1986
Master 2014
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 61%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
653.16 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 648.67 (+4.49)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.97
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 165.32 · weakest Chicken (160.46)
Road miles
706
mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 143 mi
Schedule strength
40%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1553)
Master avg
648.67 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
A tough matchup
6–0
behind in the head-to-head
Smoke-A-Holics ahead in 100% of their meetings
Smoke-A-Holics has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.
The weak link
−4.9
points behind their best meat
Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.86 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 17%.
- Chicken avg 160.46
- Pork avg 165.32
- 0 calls in 6 entries
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Smoking Pallet in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
117 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3367 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1505
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to GUNNY FINNS BBQ)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team GUNNY FINNS BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3380 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3377 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2014.
⚔ Head-to-head#3370 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with GUNNY FINNS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3364 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 3 years before GUNNY FINNS BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3392 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1495
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke-A-Holics | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| WICHITA SWINEMEN | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2516 | 144.5260 | 160.46 | top 68% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 150.2860 | 161.98 | top 60% |
| Pork | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4628 | 158.2512 | 165.32 | top 57% |
| Brisket | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 151.3600 | 160.90 | top 54% |
“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 42% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 79% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest | 2 | 39 | 0 | top 73% | 2015-06-05 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2014-06-06 → 2016-06-03
Busiest season
2014
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
5
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
6 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 165.32 · weakest Chicken (160.46)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 2 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
17%
1 of 6 contests
Master average
648.67
out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
178
94–170 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
706
6 mapped stops · furthest 143 mi
Schedule strength
1553
average field rating faced — tougher than 40% of rated contests
Power rating
1496
peak 1506 · #3383 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest
- First call Blues, BBQ & Bargains
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score667.3828 Blues, BBQ & Bargains
- Career-best single call (Pork)171.4628 Derby BBQ Festival
- 2015
- First overall top-10 Eureka BBQ Bash
- Career-best overall score669.0628 Eureka BBQ Bash
- Peak power rating (1506) Eureka BBQ Bash
- 2016
- Most recent contest Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.6 | Eureka BBQ Bash | 2015-06-19 |
| +5.7 | Blues, BBQ & Bargains | 2014-07-18 |
| +2.4 | Derby BBQ Festival | 2014-09-12 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.4 | Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest | 2016-06-03 |
| -9.5 | Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest | 2014-06-06 |
| -1.2 | 2015 Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest | 2015-06-05 |
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 86.3% | 86.3% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | top 49% | 92.9% | 91% |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | top 58% | 92.7% | 90.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-06-03 | Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS | 50 / 55 (621.5432) | 54 (144.5260) | 30 (162.2744) | 43 (162.2400) | 44 (152.5028) |
| 2015-06-19 | Eureka BBQ Bash Eureka, KS | 10 / 27 (669.0628) | 13 (165.7144) | 13 (167.4056) | 13 (169.7028) | 11 (166.2400) |
| 2015-06-05 | 2015 Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS | 39 / 64 (641.0172) | 27 (166.2516) | 48 (156.5600) | 22 (166.8456) | 51 (151.3600) |
| 2014-09-12 | Derby BBQ Festival Derby, KS | 19 / 38 (666.8116) | 26 (163.9888) | 21 (165.6800) | 10 (171.4628) | 20 (165.6800) |
| 2014-07-18 | Blues, BBQ & Bargains Hays, KS | 13 / 33 (667.3828) | 23 (163.4172) | 12 (169.7028) | 24 (163.4400) | 4 (170.8228) |
| 2014-06-06 | Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS | 46 / 54 (626.2176) | 43 (158.8688) | 48 (150.2860) | 44 (158.2512) | 31 (158.8116) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1986 (93 pts) | #2670 (63 pts) | #2130 (83 pts) | #1800 (138 pts) | #2075 (88 pts) |